Two new buildings have been inaugurated at the Leonardo Campus, which will house the Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta” (DCMIC) and the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering (DEIB) of the Politecnico di Milano.
The two buildings will meet the renewed technological and space requirements for research and study, with a total of 24,000 square metres of floor area and over 4,000 square metres of outdoor space, of which over 4,600 square metres are reserved entirely for laboratories with state-of-the-art equipment.
Photovoltaic panels have been installed on the roofs to power a 270 kW peak system, and a solar thermal system for hot water production. With a view to reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions, air conditioning is supplied by the Polo Città Studi trigeneration plant, integrated for high load requirements by electric groundwater heat pumps. In addition, heat recovery from the air extracted from the hoods inside the laboratories and the use of a closed-loop cooling circuit for the equipment will reduce energy waste.
The new DEIB building covers an area of approximately 3,500 square metres and was constructed as an extension of the existing Building 20 belonging to the same department. As part of the works, the ground floor of the west wing was also renovated and is now used exclusively for conferences, meetings and reception areas. The new building has four floors, with the ground floor housing a large 210-seat conference room and two computer labs. The three upper floors are occupied by a laboratory for the department's Computer Science, Electronics and Telecommunications Sections, offices and refreshment areas, as well as a large terrace.
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